All (n = 106) | No prehospital hypercapnia (n = 45) | Prehospital Hypercapnia (n = 61) | p-value | |
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Primary outcome | ||||
ACU admission – n (%) | 51 (48.1) | 15 (33.3) | 36 (59.0) | 0.009 |
Secondary outcomes | ||||
Emergency LOS (h) | 6.9 ± 6.5 | 8.9 ± 9.0 | 5.4 ± 2.9 | 0.016 |
Orientation from ER – n (%) | 0.003 | |||
ICU admission | 25 (23.6) | 4 (8.9) | 21 (34.4) | |
HDU admission | 26 (24.5) | 11 (24.4) | 15 (24.6) | |
Ward | 51 (48.1) | 26 (57.8) | 25 (41.0) | |
Discharge directly from ER | 4 (3.8) | 4 (8.9) | 0 (0.0) | |
ETI – n (%) | 5 (4.7) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (8.2) | 0.071 |
Hospital LOS (d) | 13.1 ± 9.4 | 11.9 ± 6.8 | 14.1 ± 10.7 | 0.187 |
Hospital mortality – n (%) | 5 (4.7) | 1 (2.2) | 4 (6.6) | 0.392 |